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News tagged with chemotherapy drugs
Landmark study confirms chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer patients
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Chemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study led by Dr. Kathy Albain of Loyola University Health System.
Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other ...
Small addition to cancer drug may make big difference
Dec 08, 2009 |
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University of Florida researchers have found a way to use just a fraction of the normal dosage of a highly toxic, debilitating chemotherapy drug to achieve even better results against colon cancer cells.
Nanoparticles May Help Optimize Chemotherapy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have engineered nanoparticles to help block a protein process that takes place in tumors, making the tu ...
New multi-use device can shed light on oxygen intake
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fiber-optic sensor created by a team of Purdue University researchers that is capable of measuring oxygen intake rates could have broad applications ranging from plant root development to ...
Study supports DNA repair-blocker research in cancer therapy
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered the mechanism behind a promising new approach to cancer treatment: damaging cancer cells' DNA with potent drugs while simultaneously preventing the cells from repairing ...
New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning
Jun 14, 2009 |
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Six years ago, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a historic effort to decipher each of the 3 billion letters in the genetic instruction book for our species. A single anonymous male from Buffalo, ...
New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 18, 2009 |
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A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.
Nanoparticle 'smart bomb' targets drug delivery to cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully modified a common plant virus to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body, without affecting surrounding tissue. These tiny "smart bombs" ...
Study pinpoints novel cancer gene and biomarker
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists' discovery of a cancer-causing gene - the first in its family to be linked to cancer - demonstrates how the panoramic view of genomics and the close-up ...
Obesity hinders chemotherapy treatment in children with leukemia
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Obesity is an important factor contributing to chemotherapy resistance and increasing relapse rates among children with leukemia, according to recent findings published online first in Cancer Research, a jour ...
Where is the line on natural remedies?
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 17, 2009 |
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As a breast cancer specialist, Dr. Barbara Bowers uses a whole arsenal of alternative treatments to help her patients -- acupuncture, green tea extract, vitamins, meditation and yoga, to name a few.
New information about DNA repair mechanism could lead to better cancer drugs
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shed new light on a process that fixes breaks in the genetic material of the body's cells. Their findings could lead to ways of enhancing chemotherapy ...
Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among Caucasians ...
Less Toxic Drug Prolongs Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has found that a less toxic, solvent-free chemotherapy drug more effectively prevents the progression of metastatic breast cancer and ...
